Mountain Home reliever Josh Holloway delivers to the plate during the team's 4-3 loss to West Plains, Mo., Thursday night at Cooper Park.

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Hopper Environmental Services rallied to within one run, but four unearned, third-inning runs put the Exterminators in a hole they could not climb out of in a 4-3 loss to the West Plains, Mo., Junior American Legion team Thursday at Cooper Park.

Two, two-out Hopper errors led to the four tallies in the third for West Plains. Dawson Newschwander singled, Tyler Wood walked, and after the two moved up on a passed ball, Newschwander scored when Trey Cooper reached on a throwing error.

Wood scored when Cooper reached second base on a botched rundown by the Exterminators. Caleb Duke singled to left ...